In exercise of powers conferred under section 5, read along with Section 3 (2) of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992, also read with paragraph 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-14, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the ITC (HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items :

1. Import Licensing Note No. (6), (2), (2), (2) and (1) at the end of Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4 and 41 respectively are amended as follows and an Import Licensing Note No. (1) is inserted at the end of Chapter 96 as follows:

“Import of wild animals (including their parts and products) as defined in the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 is prohibited and in respect of those species listed in CITES, is subject to the provisions of CITES.”

2. Import Licensing Note No. (1) is inserted at the end of Chapter 14 to read as follows:

“Import of the item ‘Red Sanders Powder' shall be subject to the provisions of CITES.”

3. Import Policy for the following items is amended as follows:

4. This issues in public interest.

File No.01/89/180/176/AM02/PC-2(A)

(R. S. Gujral)
Director General of Foreign Trade
And Ex-Officio Additional Secretary to the Govt. of India